LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2064, 29 September 1885, Page 2

LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS.

[«Y JKIKMIVH! —OWN COUI'U.SI'ON'DKVT.] Wi 1 1 isi.iov, Monday. L\>r week the Posttnastei (lenoral com inuuicited with the United States (Joverninent with legnrd to the subsidy for the San Francisco mail service, and ho hat received .1 favor.iable reply, vi/:— "That the United States (i(i\ernment will give £1000 jilt annum towards tlio service, unle>-> Congress forbid-." It i-> understood that tho J'oNtinastci-Cicnprnl has almost come to an agieement with New South Wales lespectmg the seivice, and th.it a contract will be negotiated during the present week. Ko action is being taken by the Colonial Secretary with a view to landing of the circus horse-, nowqu.u.intined at Auckland It is not thought necessary to communicate with the other colonies on the subject, and it is held to bo undesirable under any cir cnni*tances, considering the largo exportation of hordes from this colony to Now South Wales, to permit the ciicus Htock to be landed. Col. Whitmore, Commander of tho Colonial Forces, left for Lyttelton to-day, for the pin pose of being present at tho testing opciations which .ire to bo conducted in connection with the fortifications at Port Lvttelton. The heavy gale this afternoon dislodged two >r thioe sheets of galvanised iron fiom the roof of tho K\lnbition, just o\er the main enhance. The detached sheets passed along the roof of the building, and wero tho means of bieaking a few panes of glass on the loof, but no further d.uii.igo resulted, and the repairs were at once effected. The gale has been blowing all day with gieat force, but no fuither damage is reported. Messrs Noith and Scoullar, of Dunedin, have protested against being awarded only tho second prize for drawing room suites. At the meeting of the Executive Com nuttoe, to day, tho secretary was instructed to ascertain the probable cost of keeping open the Exhibition dining November. The report on the subject w ill bo presented at the meeting to bo held to morrow.